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Jesse Pantuosco looks at the Braves' rebuild and highlights another big game for Madison Bumgarner in Friday's Daily Dose. Continue to Article

June 03, 2016 2:57:am EST

Playing worry-free baseball has Jonathan Villar in a groove. Villar and Chris Carter homered, Chase Anderson pitched effectively into the sixth inning and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the reeling Philadelphia Phillies 4-1 Thursday night. Acquired from Houston in the offseason, Villar is batting .305 with his new team. Continue to Article

June 02, 2016 11:30:pm EST

Although one team had its momentum slowed in its latest game, the Oakland Athletics and Houston Astros have found some traction lately in their attempted turnarounds. The A's will try to add to their reversal of fortune by earning a season high-tying sixth consecutive win Friday night against the Astros. Oakland was nine games below .500 until a 12-3 rout of Detroit on Saturday and has continued to shine at the plate during the win streak, batting .339 and scoring 31 runs. Continue to Article

June 02, 2016 8:04:pm EST

Dallas Keuchel had a solid start on Thursday. Unfortunately for the Houston Astros, Arizona's Zack Greinke was better. Greinke struck out a season-high 11, and the Diamondbacks used a three-run seventh inning to beat the Astros 3-0 in a matchup of AL Cy Young Award winners. Continue to Article

June 02, 2016 6:15:pm EST

Zack Greinke struck out a season-high 11, and the Arizona Diamondbacks used a three-run seventh inning to beat the Houston Astros and Dallas Keuchel 3-0 Thursday in a matchup of AL Cy Young Award winners. Houston, which has won its previous five games, missed a chance to sweep the four-game, home-and-home series. Daniel Hudson struck out two in a perfect eighth. Continue to Article

June 02, 2016 5:15:pm EST